Sunday, June 10, 2012

The Salutation of Beatrice detail, showing Jane

Alternately titled: Salutatio Beatricis
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1859

oil on two panels
The two panels were removed from a cabinet in 1865 then framed together; separated by a partition. The partition was then painted with a second Dantis Amor by DGR.

http://www.rossettiarchive.org/docs/s116.rap.html

Jane Burden Morris was the model for the middle woman in the left panel.
Red Lion Mary and Fanny Cornforth also modelled for the other figures.

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